I am writing regarding the recent passage of Ordinance 405 by the town of Manalapan on May 12 and the growing trend of municipalities attempting to regulate shark fishing and other fishing activity, despite Florida’s longstanding state preemption ove
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A shark provides a photo op for on-shore anglers before its release. Some beached sharks do not revive and later die. 2013 photo by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Willie Howard
The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission is considering mea
By Mary Hladky
The Boca Raton City Council has endorsed changes that would make it simpler and less time-consuming for small-business owners to get approvals for their projects in the downtown.
Council members have long talked about the need to strea
Rick Felberbaum cuts pastry for ice cream sandwiches at Proper Ice Cream. Frustrated by slow progress in Boca Raton, he opened his shop in Delray Beach. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Mary Hladky
As his passion for the practice of law faded, Rick F
Bob Weisblut argues that the proposed U.S. restrictions
on the import and sale of ivory items are too onerous
and will make buying and selling antique pieces, such as this
18th-century Chinese vase, too difficult for legitimate collectors.
Tim Step
